What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Love that setup!

 

Installed RXT leaf springs in the back and KSP strut spacers on the front. I've got the 886 coils and nitrocharger shocks on all 4. Still wanted a little more height in front to match the rear. After settling, all corners sit just under 2" higher than it was before. (Freedom Off Road UCA's will be delivered this week)

Before new leafs and spacers:


After:

 

lol, it looks like a trailer ran away on you!

 

Installed some chrome-b-gone on the rear bumper.

 

Just get rear ended and claim it out to insurance for a steel bumper like everybody else does...

 

Hauled a gantry crane and a engine crane home with mine last week. Had to lift my boat off the trailer to repair some hull damage.

 

Man I love those OEM SR rims. My SR5 has black sporty rims and i don't like them, they don't look trucky at all.

 

Had my rust proofed at Ziebart. Ive read lots of bad reviews online but I am not internet guy myself so I did chose oil spray option and will see how it goes.

Its like thick oil coating, almost like tar but never dries. Was 1k $ for 3 years and will need touch up in 3 years which will cost around 100-200$.

Will see how it will hold up, I had my 2003 4runner rusted out and I will never let rust get on my frame again.

 

Did you guys know that Tesla is literally only manufacturer that's 100% made in USA? Tell that to Ford drivers, Tesla is real American manufacturer.

 

All the brands are made from parts globally sourced. They’re not made, but assembled in the spot that they say they’re made. It’s been like that for awhile now.

 

made in USA or assembled in USA of globally sourced parts?

 

100% parts are also from USA. Tesla is literally real American car manufacturer.

 

They are different. There is no rubber around the knob. Just a plastic piece with some shallow grooves. I will be sourcing the 90010-23059s.

 

I have yet to be so blessed Luckily I don't commute in stop n go with people on their phones behind me constantly.

 

I do. Thankfully I didn't need it.

 

Swapped out my front pods for something smaller than I had so I can now angle them further to the sides- these are harbor freight roadshock floods. I also mounted some old pods I’ve had for a while in the rear. To mount, I drilled a hole in a member of the hitch receiver and hit it with some rustoleum. Didn’t really want to drill a hole, but way cheaper than paying $200 online for a specific bracket that does the same thing, and it’s not going to hurt anything. Pleased with how clean it turned out. To tie it all together, I installed the Runnin 4 tacos OEM switch panel and the auxbeam 8 gang switch system. Everything is wired up and everything under the bay is pretty much done.

Only one issue- when I went to turn on the pods, they wouldn’t turn on. I tested the lights with a separate relay and switch to verify that they worked. Also verified voltage to the relay box with multimeter, and the switch panel inside the truck lights up… just won’t let me select and turn on the pods. I used add a fuse and plugged into the radio fuse, so it’s always on when the truck is on. Think it’s something internal to the unit at the fuses/switch relays. Anyways, I’ve requested a new one from Amazon so we shall see if it fixes my issue…

Any suggestions are welcome and would be appreciated even though this isn’t the forum for that.

Ignore the excess wire under the hood- just waiting to trim it down once I can get the switch panel working. And ignore the excess cable under the switch panel- that’s from my ScanGauge and I need to clean it up lol.

 

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Perhaps assembled in the USA, which is a good thing. Some parts are sourced from Mexico.

 

Thanks for the follow-up. Yes, the 23059 knobs have the soft / grippy rubber.

Good info for anyone else doing the RAV4 knobs.

 

Those tires look bad